100 inmates have escaped after prison was destroyed by Hurricane Irma

16/09/2017

"Just as in Superstorm Sandy, the training and equipment we receive in order to fight our nation's wars is what makes it possible for us to rapidly respond during homeland emergencies", said Col Andrew P. Keane, 108th Wing Commander".

Patricia Thomas said her sisters Cathy Ronan and Nadia Winter, both of whom are teachers on Tortola, were trying to leave the island with their children. "Every single floor was completely dismantled, so it's really luck of the draw that we picked the hotel that we did".

The Government has rejected the criticism, citing the sheer magnitude of the storm - the worst ever to hit the Atlantic.

'Over the coming weeks, we'll have to assess exactly what is needed. When they went to a port that is normally used for cruise ships, from where private charter boats were leaving for the US VI, officials told them not to board boats as they would not be allowed to land on the neighboring US territory unless they were American citizens.

Bender told CBSN they had contacted the US embassy and they were given a list of hotels that still had power.

As for their future plans, Bender said emotionally "we honestly don't know".

She told Britain's Press Association news agency that "people's "everything" is gone: Their businesses, their homes, their churches, their schools, are gone". They will be temporary until they can come home.

He added that while the death toll was low for a storm of this magnitude, the infrastructure on the island of Barbuda "no longer exists".

The trip comes after U.S. Virgin Islands Governor Kenneth Mapp asked Cuomo to assess the ruins.

A third storm, Katia, made landfall late Friday north of Tecolutla, Mexico, as a Category 1 hurricane but had weakened to a tropical depression by Saturday morning, the hurricane center said.

Havana residents woke up Monday to a city still without power and some neighborhoods still under water.

The youngest to die as a direct result of Hurricane Irma was 27-year-old Yolendis Castillo Martines, killed when a balcony fell off a building and onto the bus in which she was traveling. "Houses are under water, cars are floating through the streets, inhabitants are sitting in the dark in ruined houses and are cut off from the outside world", he said. "I am truly heartbroken by this news".

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As a recipient of the Nobel Prize, Suu Kyi has an obligation to tell the committee how she will restore peace in her own country. According to government figures, 432 people have been killed, majority insurgents, since August 25.

Of this number, 185 people - 91% - of them held Islamist extremist views, and ten others (5%) held far-right views. However, while the number of arrests soared to a record high, the majority did not lead to prosecutions.

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It's hard to say if this is exactly what happened with 100 percent confidence, but Apple's explanation does appear plausible. But he was left red-faced after FaceID didn't work on first attempt - instead prompting him to use his passcode for access.

Wednesday also saw Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy appear to rule out constitutional reform as a way of diffusing the crisis. But over 70 percent want a referendum to take place to settle the matter, similar to the plebiscite held in Scotland in 2014.

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USA Today said on Thursday the storm was likely to shift northward, edging the Mid-Atlantic as it tracked up the coast. Hurricane Jose could whip up potentially unsafe surf conditions and exacerbate beach erosion from Hurricane Irma.

The new train with a capacity to carry 750 passengers is a bright hope for the world's fourth largest network by track length. In 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the city in Gujarat where Modi was once the Chief Minister.

Neither Arsene Wenger nor his players could afford themselves to lose another match if they still want to be in the top four. Arsenal is still keeping the dream to be qualified in Champions League after the victory over Manchester on Sunday.

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